Jeannie Ludlow
Biographic Data
| ID | 1658186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeannie Ludlow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeannie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ludlow |
| SIGNATURE | LUDLOW J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Theorizing Graphic Embodiments
In response to the increasing politicization and polarization of discourses around gender, sexuality, and the body, feminist theorists like Judith Butler call for feminism to strive toward flexibility and responsivity. This essay lays out some of the theoretical considerations that inform studies of graphic embodiment—or studies of embodiment in graphic narratives—both generally and within feminist studies, then examines several graphic texts by …
Reenvisioning Reproductive Labor
Reenvisioning Reproductive Labor Jeannie Ludlow (bio) Laura Briggs's How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics: From Welfare Reform to Foreclosure to Trump, Oakland: University of California Press, 2017 Deirdre Cooper Owens's Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2017 As I read Laura Briggs's How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics and Deirdre Cooper Owens's Medical B…
Love and Goodness
ing men screamed into an amplifier such expressions of Christian love as 'May the Blood from Your Crotch Rise Up Against You, You Whore.' We had an anti-abortion 'fake clinic' in our building. There was a sidewalk screamer who dressed in military fatigues and yelled all day. He sometimes carried a large sign that said something like, 'Will this clinic eat your baby?' In response, Taft made her own sign, a huge banner to hang from the balcony, rea…
The Things We Cannot Say
“Can you tell me what really happens at an abortion clinic?” My interviewer shifts forward, careful not to jar the camera she has leveled at me. It’s a question I’ve been asked many times. I began working part time at an abortion clinic in 1996. In 2000, I began speaking to small groups—classes, student organizations, feminist organizations—about clinic work, and in 2003 I began researching U.S. abortion politics. Yes, I probably could tell her w…
The Things We Cannot Say
“Can you tell me what really happens at an abortion clinic?” My interviewer shifts forward, careful not to jar the camera she has leveled at me. It’s a question I’ve been asked many times. I began working part time at an abortion clinic in 1996. In 2000, I began speaking to small groups—classes, student organizations, feminist organizations—about clinic work, and in 2003 I began researching U.S. abortion politics. Yes, I probably could tell her w…
Love and Goodness
ing men screamed into an amplifier such expressions of Christian love as 'May the Blood from Your Crotch Rise Up Against You, You Whore.' We had an anti-abortion 'fake clinic' in our building. There was a sidewalk screamer who dressed in military fatigues and yelled all day. He sometimes carried a large sign that said something like, 'Will this clinic eat your baby?' In response, Taft made her own sign, a huge banner to hang from the balcony, rea…
The Things We Cannot Say
“Can you tell me what really happens at an abortion clinic?” My interviewer shifts forward, careful not to jar the camera she has leveled at me. It’s a question I’ve been asked many times. I began working part time at an abortion clinic in 1996. In 2000, I began speaking to small groups—classes, student organizations, feminist organizations—about clinic work, and in 2003 I began researching U.S. abortion politics. Yes, I probably could tell her w…
Love and Goodness
ing men screamed into an amplifier such expressions of Christian love as 'May the Blood from Your Crotch Rise Up Against You, You Whore.' We had an anti-abortion 'fake clinic' in our building. There was a sidewalk screamer who dressed in military fatigues and yelled all day. He sometimes carried a large sign that said something like, 'Will this clinic eat your baby?' In response, Taft made her own sign, a huge banner to hang from the balcony, rea…
Reenvisioning Reproductive Labor
Reenvisioning Reproductive Labor Jeannie Ludlow (bio) Laura Briggs's How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics: From Welfare Reform to Foreclosure to Trump, Oakland: University of California Press, 2017 Deirdre Cooper Owens's Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2017 As I read Laura Briggs's How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics and Deirdre Cooper Owens's Medical B…
Theorizing Graphic Embodiments
In response to the increasing politicization and polarization of discourses around gender, sexuality, and the body, feminist theorists like Judith Butler call for feminism to strive toward flexibility and responsivity. This essay lays out some of the theoretical considerations that inform studies of graphic embodiment—or studies of embodiment in graphic narratives—both generally and within feminist studies, then examines several graphic texts by …
Abortion (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)